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mendicancy

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n.

The condition of being mendicant; beggary; begging. Burke.

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noun

    The condition of being a beggar: beggary, mendicity. See rich/poor.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)
  Synonyms: beggary, begging

 
 

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